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medium

/ˈmiː.di.əm/ noun

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In Latin: mediocris Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about medium at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information.
  2. The surrounding environment.
    fish require an aqueous medium
  3. An intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication.

adjective

  1. Around the middle of a scale of evaluation.
    an orange of average size
  2. (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin medium, neuter of medius (“middle”), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare middle. Doublet of mid, medio, media, and meson.

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